Re: Weird ext2 problem in 2.4.18 (redhat)

[Davide Libenzi]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

> Sounds like there is a two directory entries with the same name in the
> same directory.  This can cuase severe confusion since the kernel
> assumes that this will never happen.  Depending on which one gets
> found first, and what is cached in the dentry cache, you'll get one
> inode or the other.

It seems they've two different names "src" and " src" and ext2_match() 
should not be fooled by the space. If this is the drive that has been 
hacked, I'd rather go for a full cleanup.



- Davide


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